ContainerDays Boston 2015

Sponsorship tiers

Thank you for your interest in sponsoring ContainerDays Boston 2015! We have a number of sponsorship opportunities available. All tiers include placement of your logo on the ContainerDays Boston 2015 event site.

• 1x Platinum sponsor
  • Includes: 4 tickets; vendor table; largest logo on the event site, 5-minute sponsor shout-out slot; callout before Friday night drinks at the end of the Day 1 programme. We will refer to the main presentation area by the sponsor name.
  • No longer available
• 3x Gold sponsor
  • Includes: 3 tickets; vendor table; larger logo on the event site; 2.5-minute sponsor shout-out slot. We will refer to an OpenSpaces discussion area by the sponsor name.
  • No longer available
• 1x Silver sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; vendor table; logo on the event site.
  • No longer available
• 2x Bronze sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; vendor table for Day 1 or Day 2 only; smaller logo on the event site.
  • No longer available
• 1x Day 1 lunch sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; smaller logo on the event site; callout before lunch; banner and promotional material from the sponsor displayed in lunch area.
  • No longer available
• 1x Day 2 breakfast sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; smaller logo on the event site; callout before the beginning of the Day 2 programme; banner displayed in breakfast area.
  • No longer available
• 1x Day 2 lunch sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; smaller logo on the event site; callout before lunch; banner displayed in lunch area.
  • No longer available
• 2x Friday night drinks sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; smaller logo on the event site; callout before Friday night drinks at the end of the Day 1 programme. The Friday night drinks vouchers will be handed out to attendees in combination with a promotional gift or piece of promotional material from the sponsor.
  • No longer available
• 1x Friday night snacks sponsor
  • Includes: 2 tickets; smaller logo on the event site; callout before Friday night drinks at the end of the Day 1 programme. The Friday night drinks vouchers will be handed out to attendees in combination with a promotional gift or piece of promotional material from the sponsor.
  • No longer available

Participant details

We expect about 100 attendees, the majority in a technical role with interest in introducing and/or active experience in implementing container and related technologies. Please be aware that ContainerDays events are informal, "unconference" style events for technical practitioners.

Facilities

Microsoft NERD has kindly agreed to receive and store small items such as promotional material. Due to lack of suitable storage space, these may not arrive more than 3 days prior to the event, and may not be left behind afterwards.

Sponsor tables are 6' x 2'; we estimate that each sponsor with a table will have roughly 6' x 4' of space overall. Power strips will be run to the tables. Wireless internet is provided, but wired internet access will not be available.

There are no facilities for complex booth setups, shipping and receiving of large or bulky items, or other major industry conference-style arrangements.

Parking

There is a parking garage connected to the venue. Rates are $27 for the day and $10 after 4pm and on the weekends.

Staffing suggestions

You will get the most mileage from your vendor table by sending technical staff prepared to engage in the conference sessions.

With the exception of Platinum and Gold tiers, which come with short "shout-out" opportunities to present your company, sponsorships do not include speaking slots. Your attending staff is welcome and encouraged to propose topics for, and participate in, the OpenSpaces sessions and workshops.

Accommodation

Unfortunately, graduation season in Boston means that accommodation in the summer gets expensive quickly, and we recommend that you look at accommodation soon if you're coming from out of town. Due to the numbers involved, we currently don't have any block rates with hotels.

The majority of the available hotel options we've been able to find that are below $200 a night will require a rental car. One economical option that's public transport-friendly (the Microsoft NERD is on the Red Line) would be to look for hotels in the Framingham/Natick area, where there are still rooms at ~$100 a night. Check whether the hotel has a shuttle to the train station: the trip to South Station with the Commuter Rail, then to Kendall Sq with the Red Line, should take just over an hour.

Invoicing

You will be invoiced for your sponsorship. Please provide your company name, physical address, contact information, and the sponsorship tier in which you are interested.

Questions?

Please contact us at 2015-boston-sponsorship () dynamicinfradays ! org for payment details and any other questions you may have.